[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Bassim

She liked to eat fish and I would follow her to the supermarket which twice a week received fresh fish from the coast. Katarina was born in a little town by the sea and knew everything about fish and other sea species. This town was in the middle of the country and it took hours for a lorry to transport its load from the coast to his final destination. I never understood how she could knew that the fish behind the glass counter was not fresh, but her ability to decide the quality of the fish was extraordinary. Before I had said anything she would raise her walking stick over her head and wave it at a young shop assistant who blushed with embarrassment.

She liked to eat fish, and I would go with her to a supermarket which twice a week received fresh fish from the coast. Katarina was born in a little town by the sea and knew everything about fish and other seafood. This town was in the middle of the country and it took hours for a lorry to transport its load from the coast to its final destination. I never understood how she could know that the fish behind the glass counter was not fresh, but her ability to decide the quality of the fish was extraordinary. Before I had said anything she would raise her walking stick over her head and wave it at a young shop assistant who blushed with embarrassment.

Don't they pack the fish in ice before it is transported?

Originally Posted by Bassim

"This fish is too old, isn't it?"
"It is from yesterday," Her face was now deep purple and if she could she would like to disappear into the plughole in front of her and never come back.

"This fish is too old, isn't it?" she said.

"It is from yesterday" replied the shop assistant. Her face was now deep purple and if she could she would disappear into the plughole in front of her and never come back.

Plughole?

Originally Posted by Bassim

"In my home town such fish we do not even give to our pats," Katarina said and demonstrative turned to the exit. This scene repeated in the other shops and the effect was the same. The poor shop assistants were left with deep emotional scars that will take their physical manifestation in the form of profuse sweating, heart racing and body shaking as soon as they saw us entering the shop.

"In my home town such fish we do not even give to our pets," Katarina said, and then she turned around and left. This scene was repeated in the other shops, and the effect was the same. The poor shop assistants were left with deep emotional scars that took the physical form of profuse sweating, palpitations and shaking hands as soon as they saw us enter the shop.

Originally Posted by Bassim

"Once, she called the manager himself of a supermarket because fish stench was unmistakable. It was a hot summer and probably a device in control of the cooling system did not function well.

Once she talked to the manager of a supermarket because the fish stench was unmistakable. It was a hot summer, and the cooling system was not functioning well.